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Andrew Rosindell

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2019-02-13

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had
with the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
on reducing domestic violence during football games.

<p>This Government is committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse and
on 8 March we launched a consultation seeking views on a range of options to ensure
victims are afforded the greatest possible protection and perpetrators are brought
to justice. The consultation outlined a range of legislative proposals for a landmark
Domestic Abuse Bill, together with a package of non-legislative measures.</p><p>As
we develop the proposals following feedback from the consultation, we are in regular
communication with other Government departments including the Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport, using forums such as the Inter-Ministerial Group on Violence
against Women and Girls, in order to discuss how to transform the government’s response
to domestic abuse.</p><p>We plan to publish our consultation response and draft Domestic
Abuse Bill later this session.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had
with the Secretary of State for Justice on the monitoring of videos of potential (a)
hate crimes and (b) incitements of hate published by young people on social media.

<p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development
and delivery, including on activities taking place on social media which are relevant
to hate crime. As was the case with previous administrations,</p><p>it is not the
Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. Online hate content
is being considered as part of the development of the Online Harms White Paper to
be published this Winter.</p>

<p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested and does not currently
collect data from police forces on acid and other corrosive attacks as part of its
regular data collection. It has been estimated from a previous voluntary data collection
commissioned by the National Police Chiefs’ Council covering the period October to
December 2017 that there are around 800 corrosive attacks per annum in England and
Wales.</p><p>We have been working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on improving
recording and will be collecting data on corrosive attacks as part of the Annual Data
Requirement on police forces from April 2019 onwards. Data will be published in the
future as part of the Office for National Statistics’ quarterly crime statistics.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department
has made of the role of Iran in supporting Shia Islamist groups in the UK through
UK-registered charities; and if she will make a statement.

<p>In July 2017 the Government concluded its internal review into the funding for
Islamist extremist activity in the UK through a Written Ministerial Statement. The
review has improved the Government’s understanding of the nature, scale and sources
of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The review’s single most
important finding was that the most significant source of funding for Islamist extremism
in the UK is small, private donations from UK-based individuals. There are however
a small number of UK-based organisations with which there are extremism concerns,
for which overseas funding is a significant source of income. In response to the review,
the Charity Commission plan to introduce a requirement on charities to declare overseas
sources of funding to increase transparency in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The review’s
report is classified but the Written Ministerial Statement is a comprehensive and
representative reflection of the review’s findings. The Government has no plans to
comment further on the review’s findings and it will not provide a running commentary
on the groups, individuals or sources it considers to be of extremism concern.</p>

<p>The Government welcomes the findings published by the Office for National Statistics
on 6 December 2017 which show that mobile phone theft is at its lowest level since
first measured by the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales in 2005/06.</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables</a></p>

<p>Reports of crimes involving motorcycles, mopeds and scooters are clearly a concern.
That is why the Government has worked with the police, industry and other partners
to develop a comprehensive action plan focusing on what more can be done to prevent
offending and keep the public safe.</p><p> </p><p>This work sits alongside the review
the Government is conducting into the law, guidance and practice surrounding police
pursuits and response driving. We will publish the outcome of the review shortly.</p>

<p>Reports of crimes involving motorcycles, mopeds and scooters, particularly in parts
of London, are clearly a concern. That is why we are working with the police, industry
and other partners to develop and deliver a comprehensive action plan focusing on
what works and what more needs to be done.</p><p>In London, the police are using new
tactics including off-road bikes and DNA marker sprays to catch those committing these
offences and Metropolitan Police figures show that these crimes have been decreasing
since their peak in July last year. We are determined to support the police in their
fight against crime and that is why the Home Office is consulting to change the law
to give officers greater confidence to pursue suspects on the roads.</p>

<p>As set out in the Serious Violence Strategy, the Government is taking a range of
action to prevent acid attacks. This is based on the action plan announced in July
2017 which detailed four key strands: ensuring effective support for victims and survivors;
supporting effective policing; ensuring relevant legislation is understood and consistently
applied; and working with retailers to restrict access to acids and other harmful
corrosive substances. This is being delivered and includes guidance and support to
police officers on how best to prevent such attacks but also how to respond to a victim
of an acid attack.</p><p>The Government has also introduced the Offensive Weapons
Bill which includes new measures on stopping the sale of corrosive products to under
18s, and making it an offence to possess a corrosive substance in a public place without
good reason. This new possession offence will make it easier for the police to take
action if they stop someone carrying acid as they will no longer need to prove that
the person carrying the substance is intending to cause an injury with it.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made
of the effectiveness of the participation of the (a) City of London Police and (b)
Metropolitan Police Service in Operation Sceptre.

<p>Operation Sceptre originated as a Metropolitan Police initiative, but with the
agreement of the National Police Chiefs Council, it has become a regular national
week of action against knife crime for police forces in England and Wales. Operation
Sceptre includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, test
purchases of knives from retailers, the use of surrender bins, and educational events
with young people.</p><p>Both the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police
take an active role in Operation Sceptre. The Metropolitan Police Service conducts
its own local phases of Operation Sceptre every month, alongside the national weeks
of action.</p><p>The latest national phase of Operation Sceptre in February resulted
in the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>591 test purchase operations were carried out
in retail premises. Of these, there were 469 passes. 122 resulted in the retail outlet
failing the test purchase</li><li>1212 stop and searches were carried out and 615
arrests made. Overall, 4104 weapons were seized</li><li>918 weapon sweeps were conducted</li><li>3660
knives were surrendered or recovered</li><li>More than 600 education events were held
to raise awareness of the dangers of carrying knives.</li></ul>